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E A RT H Q UA K E S , H U R R I C A N E S , C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y,P O RT C O N G E S T I O N & G LO B A L T R A D E R E G U L AT I O N S

A Look Back and A Look Forward as We Count Down to 2018

J A N 2 0President Trump Inauguration

A P R 1Ocean Carrier Alliances

consolidatedfrom four to three

J A N 2 3Trans-Pacific Partnership withdrawal

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A P R 2 0Congestion at Shanghai’s Port of

Yangshan due to weather and alliances

A U G 1 6NAFTA round 1 negotiations begin

A U G 2 4 - 2 7Hurrican Harvey hit the U.S. Gulf Coast

closing port and road terminals.

S E P 7 - 1 0Hurricane Irma hit the U.S.

causing supply chain disruptions

S E P 1 5 - 3 0Chassis shortage as result of Hurricane Harvey

S E P 2 2Chinese environmental factory inspections impact

manufacturing operations throughout China

N O V 1Wood packaging material violations

begin being penalized by US CBP

A U G 2 4Typhoon Hato Impacts Supply Chain

in Hong Kong and South China

M A RNor’easter Stella brought blizzardconditions to the Northeast USA

J U N 2 5Petya ransomware cyberattack hit A.P. Moller-Maersk,

the world’s largest shipping company

S E P 1Mumbai flooding impacted airport

as well as port terminals

S E P 81st earthquake hit central Mexico

S E P 1 92nd earthquake hit central

Mexico registering 7.1 magnitude

N O V 1 7Customs Border Protection announces increase to

merchandise processing fees effective January 1

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It would be an understatement to say that those involved in international supply chain were kept busy with logistics news in 2017. Our own MIQ team members who monitor news within supply chain have issued numerous communications to MIQ cus-tomers throughout this last year. These supply chain alerts ranged in topic from global trade policy, cyber security, Customs Border Protection, port congestion, record import volumes, earthquakes, floods and hurricanes.

It is with these communications in mind that we look back quarter-by-quarter at what we witnessed this year. As we take stock in what has taken place in 2017, we also turn our attention to 2018 and examine what could be taking shape on the horizon.

F E B 1 6Chinese New Year begins

2018

Q 1NAFTA negotiations continue

A P R 1Japan’s three largest shipping companies,

NKY, "K" Line and MOL, will merge

N O V 1The International Longshore and Ware-house Union (ILWU) contract with the

Paci�c Maritime Association (PMA) expires

The British government invoked Article 50 ofthe Treaty on the European Union. The UK is thus

due to leave the EU on the 29th of March 2019

The 11 countries remaining in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) take steps to final-ize a new agreement now referred to as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-

Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

D E C 8Fires In California impact lives,

roadways and infrastructure

D E C 1 8ELD mandate goes into effect, requiring

all drivers to be compliant